US11279169B2 - Paint tray for use with rollers and brushes - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
- B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B44D—PAINTING OR ARTISTIC DRAWING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRESERVING PAINTINGS; SURFACE TREATMENT TO OBTAIN SPECIAL ARTISTIC SURFACE EFFECTS OR FINISHES
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- B44D3/123—Brush holders independent from paint can, e.g. holders removably attached to paint can
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- This invention relates to a paint delivery tray that can be mounted on a cylindrical bucket and will assist a painter when using a paint roller and one or more paint brushes to paint a structure such as a wall or ceiling.
- Painters typically employ paint brushes and paint rollers to apply paint to ceilings and walls. Typically the painter will have to use a ladder or scaffold to apply paint at an elevated location.
- a paint tray generally employs a shallow inclined surface extending into a paint reservoir. The roller picks up paint in the reservoir and then rolls the paint roller along the shallow inclined surface to evenly distribute paint on the roller so that the paint can be transferred to a structure, such as a wall or a ceiling. It can be a problem to position or secure a shallow inclined paint tray on a ladder.
- U.S. Pat. No. 9,506,293 shows one mechanism for securing a paint tray of this type to a ladder.
- a common practice is for a paint to partially fill a bucket, such as a common plastic five gallon bucket, and use this bucket as the paint reservoir.
- a relatively large amount of paint can be carried in such a bucket, and it is relatively easy for the painter to carry a bucket up a ladder.
- a painter can use a paint roller grid or draining grid that can be suspended from the top of a bucket and can extend into the bucket at a relatively steep angle.
- An array of openings can be formed in a conventional paint roller grid by a matrix of laterally extending members in a mesh configuration.
- paint roller trays or paint roller grids are effective in evenly distributing paint on a paint roller.
- Paint rollers are not as efficient as paint brushes for applying paint in tight area or along trim or in corners, especially in elevated areas.
- the painter can dip a brush in the paint bucket reservoir, but the paint roller grid and the paint roller will constrict space in the bucket, making it messy to use a paint brush in this manner and complicating clean up after the job.
- paint will get on the brush handle as well as on the bristles and the more paint will get on the painter's hands and clothes.
- the instant invention provides an auxiliary paint reservoir or cut bucket mounted on a paint roller grid especially for storing brushes when not in use and for transferring paint in the auxiliary cut bucket to the paint bristles, resulting in a neater job with less clean up.
- the tool also includes a shelf from which the paint roller grid extends.
- the shelf has a lip that engages the rim of a paint receptacle or paint bucket so that the paint roller grid can be suspended in a paint bucket.
- the shelf contains an auxiliary paint receptacle or cut bucket beside the paint roller grid.
- the auxiliary paint receptacle or cut bucket has a volume sufficient to receive a paint brush in an upright position with paint bristles extending into paint disposed in the auxiliary paint receptacle. Paint can be separately contained in the paint bucket and the auxiliary paint receptacle or cut bucket so that a painter can both use and separately store the paint roller and the paint brush while painting the structure while reducing messiness and facilitating clean up.
- a tray, according to another aspect of this invention is also for use in a paint bucket and with a paint roller.
- This paint delivery tray has an upper section and a paint roller grid extending downwardly from the upper section.
- the upper section has a semicircular periphery with a lip configured to fit over a portion of a top edge of the paint bucket when the paint tray is mounted on top of the paint bucket.
- the paint roller grid extends from a straight edge of the upper section, opposite from the semicircular periphery.
- the paint roller grid has an array of openings so that the grid evenly distributes paint on the paint roller moving along the paint roller grid within the paint bucket when the upper section is mounted on top of the paint bucket.
- the tray is mountable on a bucket containing paint and for use with a paint roller and a paint brush.
- the paint tray includes an auxiliary paint receptacle or cut bucket on the tray and separate from the bucket. This auxiliary paint receptacle is configured for positioning the paint brush in the auxiliary paint receptacle in an upright position.
- the paint roller grid extends into the bucket when the tray is mounted on the bucket. The paint roller grid is joined to the portion of the tray containing the auxiliary cut bucket by a hinge.
- a significant advantage of the tray of this invention is that only one bucket need be used for a painter for applying paint with both a roller and a bucket.
- the painter When climbing a ladder or mounting a scaffold, the painter need only carry one bucket, which is a significant practical advantage.
- This paint tool also has a safety aspect.
- This painting tool combines a cut bucket and a roller grid bucket into one component. When climbing a ladder to paint soffits and siding a painter will only need on bucket with this invention.
- One bucket means that it is less cumbersome and less difficult to take it up the ladder and attach the single bucket to the ladder with a pot hook. Fewer tools to carry up the ladder and less tools to secure to ladder equals safer work, especially when a painter is twenty feet off the ground.
- FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of the paint delivery tray according to this invention showing a paint roller grid in front of an auxiliary paint receptacle or cut bucket.
- FIG. 2 is also a side elevational view of the paint delivery tray of FIG. 1 , but with the auxiliary paint receptacle or cut bucket in front of the paint roller grid.
- FIG. 3 is a top view of the paint delivery tray looking into the auxiliary paint receptacle or cut bucket beside the paint roller grid.
- FIG. 4 is a elevational view of one end of the paint delivery tray showing the paint roller grid beside the auxiliary paint receptacle or cut bucket.
- FIG. 5 is a top view showing the position of the paint delivery tray mounted on top of a bucket, such as for example a five gallon bucket depicted by phantom lines, commonly employed by a house painter or one who paints structures or walls.
- a bucket such as for example a five gallon bucket depicted by phantom lines, commonly employed by a house painter or one who paints structures or walls.
- FIG. 6 is a side view showing the position of the paint delivery tray as it would be mounted on top of an open bucket, such as the bucket shown in FIG. 5 .
- FIG. 7 is a three dimensional view of one version of the paint deliver tray, which could be fabricated as an integral, one piece, molded component with the paint roller grid attached by a living hinge to the portion of the tray with the cut bucket.
- the paint roller grid would be rotated about the intermediate hinge to the operative paint tray position shown in FIGS. 1-6 .
- the paint tray or paint delivery tray 10 is intended for use by a painter in conjunction with a conventional paint bucket 2 , such as an open top five gallon bucket, with a conventional paint roller 4 and with a paint brush 6 , which would normally be used to paint trim or spaces that are not easily accessible with a roller.
- a conventional paint bucket 2 such as an open top five gallon bucket
- paint roller 4 and with a paint brush 6
- the preferred embodiment of paint tray 10 intended for use with a conventional five gallon plastic bucket will allow a painter to use any size roller up to a standard nine inch roller.
- embodiments and sizes differing from the representative version describe herein could also employ a paint tray of the type described herein, and dimensions discussed herein should not be considered limiting.
- Paint tray 10 includes a paint roller tray 20 that would be employed with a conventional paint roller 4 and an auxiliary paint receptacle or cut bucket 32 with which a paint brush 6 would be used.
- a painter would normally pour the majority of the paint, which would be used for a job, in a conventional open top paint bucket 2 , such as a plastic five gallon bucket. The painter would dip a paint roller 4 in the paint contained in the bucket 2 , and would then roll or slide the paint roller 4 along the paint roller grid 20 to evenly distribute paint on the roller 4 and remove excess paint.
- auxiliary paint receptacle or cut bucket 32 in which a paint brush 6 , suitable to touch up or for use in painting trim or areas not easily accessible with a paint roller 4 .
- the upwardly open cut bucket 32 would also provide space for carrying a paint brush 6 with the paint brush bristles 6 a submerged in the paint in the cut bucket 32 , but with the brush handle 6 b extending above the paint in cut bucket 32 .
- a latch 40 for attaching a paint brush is located near the top of the auxiliary cut bucket 32 . The paint handle 6 b would then remain clean, reducing necessary clean up when a job is finished.
- the auxiliary paint receptacle or cut bucket 32 is a recessed section in an upper section or shelf 30 that has a semicircular shape.
- a semicircular peripheral edge 34 extends between opposite ends of a straight peripheral edge 36 to define the shelf or upper section 30 ,
- the radius of curvature defining the semicircular edge 34 is chosen to be equal to the size of the paint bucket 2 with which the paint delivery tray 10 is to be employed. If the paint deliver tray 10 is to be used with a five gallon plastic bucket this radius of curvature will be equal to the radius of the upper edge of the five gallon bucket, which is approximated standard for buckets 2 of this type.
- a semicircular downwardly facing lip 38 extends around the semicircular peripheral edge 34 of the shelf or upper portion 30 .
- the width of this lip is sufficient to allow this lip 38 to fit over the top of a bucket 2 , so that the paint tray 10 can be securely mounted on a bucket 2 .
- the open end of the auxiliary cut bucket 32 is best seen in FIGS. 3 and 5 , and the height of this tapered auxiliary cut bucket 32 is best seen in FIGS. 1, 2, 4 and 6 .
- the open end of the auxiliary cut bucket 32 has a curved shape as seen in FIGS. 3 and 5 .
- the depth of this cut bucket should be at least equal to the height of the bristles 6 a of the paint brush 6 which would be commonly employed.
- the auxiliary cut bucket 32 is located adjacent to the semicircular peripheral edge 34 .
- Two openings 44 are located between the auxiliary cut bucket 32 and the straight peripheral edge 36 . These openings 44 are adjacent to the straight peripheral edge 36 and are located above shoulders 42 for manufacturing considerations to be further discussed with reference to FIG. 7 .
- the paint roller grid 20 extends downwardly from the straight edge 36 of the upper shelf 30 in the operative position so that the paint roller grid 30 will extend vertically or downwardly into the bucket 2 on which the paint roller tray 10 is mounted.
- the paint roller tray or paint roller grid 20 comprises an upright rectangular member when mounted in a paint bucket 2 .
- a hinge 50 joins the paint roller grid 20 to the upper shelf 30 along the straight edge 36 .
- Other versions of paint tray in accordance with this invention may not employ this hinge 50 , which would allow the paint roller grid 20 to be rotated between an inoperative and an operative position, such as that depicted in FIGS. 1-6 .
- this hinge 50 is related to a method of manufacturing the paint tray 10 , which will be further discussed with reference to FIG. 7 .
- the paint roller grid 20 has an array of openings 22 formed by a matrix of undulating, interconnecting curved strips 24 . Each of these strips 40 extends between opposite sides 26 a and 26 c of the paint roller grid 20 . Multiple rows of strips 40 extend are formed between opposite sides 26 b and 26 d of the rectangular roller grid 20 . The upper grid side 26 d is located along the straight edge along which a hinge 50 can be formed.
- the array of openings 26 and the matrix of strips 24 are the same size as employed on conventional paint roller grids.
- the openings 26 and the strips 24 will engage a pain roller 4 after it has been dipped into paint in a bucket 2 so that the paint roller grid 20 will evenly distribute paint on the roller 4 and the excess paint removed by the grid 20 will flow downward back into the bottom of the bucket 2 .
- a perforated plate can be employed instead of the grid formed by the matrix of strips 24 .
- the paint delivery tool or paint tray 10 Among the advantages provided by use of the paint delivery tool or paint tray 10 is that a painter need only employ a signal bucket 2 , and the paint tray will provide separate spaces for both a paint roller 4 and at least one paint brush 6 . This can be especially beneficial when the painter must use a ladder or scaffold because the painter can carry all of his equipment in one hand as he or she climbs, and the single bucket 2 can be positioned in a relatively small space as the painter works. When the painter is on a break or after he or she has finished for the day, he can merely place a top on the bucket without needed to remove all his tools and transfer any remaining paint. Any paint brush 6 will remain in the auxiliary cut bucket 32 without the paint handle 6 b being exposed to sticky paint.
- the tapered cut bucket 32 is also located near the top of the bucket so that a painter does not have to reach down into the bucket and get paint all over his hand.
- FIG. 7 show one version of the paint tool 10 in an inoperative configuration in which the paint roller grid 20 extends parallel to the top of the shelf 30 .
- This view depicts one way in which the paint roller grid 20 can be manufactured as a one piece, integral molded unit using a straight draw mold without the need for side pulls. This is a relative inexpensive way to manufacture plastic components.
- multiple units may be stacked, with the tapered cut bucket above fitting into the opening of a lower adjacent cut bucket molding.
- a living hinge 50 can be formed by reducing the thickness of the plastic adjacent the straight edge 36 .
- the paint roller grid 20 can then be rotated clockwise about this hinge 50 , as seen in FIG. 7 , to the operative position shown in FIGS.
- FIG. 7 shows on relatively inexpensive way to manufacture the paint tray 10 , it should be understood that this is not the only manner in which a paint tray in accordance with this invention can be fabricated.
- the paint tray does not have to be molded.
- a stamped and formed, metal embodiment could also be fabricated.
- the paint roller grid 20 and the auxiliary cut bucket 32 be part of a one-piece member, and separate parts could be snapped together.
- the two parts be hinged.
- the roller grid it is also not necessary for the roller grid to be formed by a matrix of strips to form an array of openings. For example slots or openings could be formed in a flat sheet in a manner similar to conventional paint roller grids. Therefore it should be understood that one of ordinary skill in the art could incorporate or modify elements without departing from the invention as disclosed herein.
- the invention is define by the claims presented herein and is not limited to the preferred or representative embodiment depicted herein.
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